diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16cffd4a..59c46674 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ elseif (WITH_LIBSODIUM)
 
         # On Solaris, libsodium depends on libssp
         if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")
-            target_link_libraries (libzmq ssp)
+            target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ssp)
         endif ()
         set (ZMQ_USE_LIBSODIUM 1)
         set (ZMQ_HAVE_CURVE 1)
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ endforeach ()
 
 if (ZMQ_BUILD_FRAMEWORK)
   add_custom_command (
-    TARGET libzmq
+    TARGET zmq-shared
     POST_BUILD
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
     ARGS -E make_directory "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/ZeroMQ.framework/Versions/${ZMQ_VERSION}/MacOS"
@@ -726,17 +726,18 @@ endif ()
 # output
 
 if (MSVC)
-  add_library (libzmq SHARED ${sources} ${public_headers} ${html-docs} ${readme-docs} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/NSIS.template.in)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq ${OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES})
-  set_target_properties (libzmq PROPERTIES
+  add_library (zmq-shared SHARED ${sources} ${public_headers} ${html-docs} ${readme-docs} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/NSIS.template.in)
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ${OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES})
+  set_target_properties (zmq-shared PROPERTIES
     PUBLIC_HEADER "${public_headers}"
     RELEASE_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
     RELWITHDEBINFO_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
     DEBUG_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-gd-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin"
-    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DLL_EXPORT")
-  add_library (libzmq-static STATIC ${sources})
-  set_target_properties (libzmq-static PROPERTIES
+    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DLL_EXPORT"
+    OUTPUT_NAME "libzmq")
+  add_library (zmq-static STATIC ${sources})
+  set_target_properties (zmq-static PROPERTIES
     PUBLIC_HEADER "${public_headers}"
     RELEASE_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-s-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
     RELWITHDEBINFO_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-s-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
@@ -744,17 +745,17 @@ if (MSVC)
     COMPILE_FLAGS "/DZMQ_STATIC"
     OUTPUT_NAME "libzmq")
 else ()
-    add_library (libzmq SHARED ${sources} ${public_headers} ${html-docs} ${readme-docs} ${zmq-pkgconfig})
+    add_library (zmq-shared SHARED ${sources} ${public_headers} ${html-docs} ${readme-docs} ${zmq-pkgconfig})
     # NOTE: the SOVERSION MUST be the same as the one generated by libtool!
-    set_target_properties (libzmq PROPERTIES
+    set_target_properties (zmq-shared PROPERTIES
                           COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DLL_EXPORT"
                           PUBLIC_HEADER "${public_headers}"
                           VERSION ${ZMQ_VERSION}
                           SOVERSION "5.1.3"
-                          OUTPUT_NAME "libzmq"
-                          PREFIX "")
+                          OUTPUT_NAME "zmq"
+                          PREFIX "lib")
     if (ZMQ_BUILD_FRAMEWORK)
-      set_target_properties (libzmq PROPERTIES
+      set_target_properties (zmq-shared PROPERTIES
                             FRAMEWORK TRUE
                             MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_IDENTIFIER "org.zeromq.libzmq"
                             MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_SHORT_VERSION_STRING ${ZMQ_VERSION}
@@ -766,15 +767,15 @@ else ()
       set_source_files_properties (${zmq-pkgconfig} PROPERTIES
                                   MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION lib/pkgconfig)
     endif ()
-    add_library (libzmq-static STATIC ${sources} ${public_headers} ${html-docs} ${readme-docs} ${zmq-pkgconfig})
-    set_target_properties (libzmq-static PROPERTIES
+    add_library (zmq-static STATIC ${sources} ${public_headers} ${html-docs} ${readme-docs} ${zmq-pkgconfig})
+    set_target_properties (zmq-static PROPERTIES
       PUBLIC_HEADER "${public_headers}"
       COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "ZMQ_STATIC"
-      OUTPUT_NAME "libzmq"
-      PREFIX "")
+      OUTPUT_NAME "zmq"
+      PREFIX "lib")
 endif ()
 
-foreach (target libzmq libzmq-static)
+foreach (target zmq-shared zmq-static)
   target_include_directories (${target}
     PUBLIC
       $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
@@ -783,27 +784,27 @@ foreach (target libzmq libzmq-static)
   )
 endforeach()
 
-target_link_libraries (libzmq ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
 if (SODIUM_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq ${SODIUM_LIBRARIES})
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ${SODIUM_LIBRARIES})
 endif ()
 if (HAVE_WS2_32)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq ws2_32)
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ws2_32)
 elseif (HAVE_WS2)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq ws2)
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ws2)
 endif ()
 
 if (HAVE_RPCRT4)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq rpcrt4)
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared rpcrt4)
 endif ()
 
 if (HAVE_IPHLAPI)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq iphlpapi)
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared iphlpapi)
 endif ()
 
 if (RT_LIBRARY)
-  target_link_libraries (libzmq ${RT_LIBRARY})
+  target_link_libraries (zmq-shared ${RT_LIBRARY})
 endif ()
 
 set (perf-tools local_lat
@@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ endif ()
 if (WITH_PERF_TOOL)
   foreach (perf-tool ${perf-tools})
     add_executable (${perf-tool} perf/${perf-tool}.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries (${perf-tool} libzmq ${OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries (${perf-tool} zmq-shared ${OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES})
 
     if (RT_LIBRARY)
       target_link_libraries (${perf-tool} ${RT_LIBRARY})
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ if (WITH_PERF_TOOL)
     if (ZMQ_BUILD_FRAMEWORK)
       # Copy perf-tools binaries into Framework
       add_custom_command (
-        TARGET libzmq ${perf-tool}
+        TARGET zmq-shared ${perf-tool}
         POST_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
         ARGS -E copy "$<TARGET_FILE:${perf-tool}>" "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/ZeroMQ.framework/Versions/${ZMQ_VERSION_STRING}/MacOS/${perf-tool}"
@@ -861,14 +862,14 @@ endif ()
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 if (MSVC)
-  install (TARGETS libzmq libzmq-static
+  install (TARGETS zmq-shared zmq-static
           EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
           ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
           LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
           PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
           COMPONENT SDK)
   if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-    install (TARGETS libzmq libzmq-static
+    install (TARGETS zmq-shared zmq-static
             RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
             ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
@@ -878,13 +879,13 @@ if (MSVC)
             COMPONENT SDK)
     endif ()
   else ()
-    install (TARGETS libzmq
+    install (TARGETS zmq-shared
             RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
             PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
             COMPONENT Runtime)
   endif ()
 else ()
-  install (TARGETS libzmq libzmq-static
+  install (TARGETS zmq-shared zmq-static
           EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
           RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
           ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index bb292873..917c3cde 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 # add library and include dirs for all targets
-link_libraries(libzmq ${OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES})
+link_libraries(zmq-shared ${OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES})
 include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../include")
 
 foreach(test ${tests})